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Notes from the Director, June 24, 2015

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Hello everyone,

Starting July 1, the reporting structure   in the Libraries will change to re-assign my current duties when I become Acting Director. Digital Services will report to Mike Holland. Access Services will report to Jeannette. Corrie will be Acting Head of Technical Services.  Abbie Brown for Consortial Services, Brian Cain for Depositories and all Jim's current direct reports except Matt and Trenton will report to me. Matt will report to Jim and Trenton to Mike.

Thanks for your help in making  a smooth transition.

Ann

Information and Action Items from Library Management Team 6/16/15

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INFORMATION ITEM: Library Management Team was joined by human resource manager Sheryl Cullina  to discuss several personnel issues including the final costs and overall principles of a possible September 2015 Salary Adjustment Plan.  The specifics of the costs and the plan are still to be worked out.

INFORMATION ITEM: Library Management Team discussed the need and schedule for reporting out from the LMT retreat which took place June 10-12th.  The notes from the LMT retreat have been transcribed and distributed to the LMT members for revisions and clarifications.  A reply will be made to MULAC in answer to their report which was prepared specifically for the retreat.  The retreat will also be an agenda item during the all-staff meeting which will take place in August.  

INFORMATION ITEM:  Library Management Team briefly discussed the leadership transition that was announced immediately prior to the LMT retreat.  Ann Riley will assume the role of acting director of MU Libraries beginning July 1, 2015.  She continues to meet with LMT members and her current direct reports to discuss the transition.  This will allow Jim Cogswell to concentrate on such projects as the student library fee campaign, the MU Libraries centennial celebration and successful completion of the Mellon grant.  Jim will also work closely with Matt Gaunt to build on recent successes in acquiring  library donations.  

INFORMATION ITEM: Jim Cogswell will be leaving on Tuesday June 23rd for a personal vacation and will return to work on July 13th.

INFORMATION ITEM: Ann Riley, Deb Ward, Jeannette Pierce and Mike Holland will meet on July 7th to touch base on the transition of leadership and also discuss LMT meetings going forward. 

Adjustment to GGS Pay Ranges

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Effective July 1, 2015, the GGS pay ranges for grades 16 and below will be increased by 1%.  This adjustment is being made by campus Human Resource Services as part of the ongoing maintenance of the campus compensation structure.  Employees who are paid below the new minimum of the range for their title will receive an increase to bring their salary to the minimum.  The MU Libraries will not be receiving any additional allocation from campus to cover this cost.

Employees who will be receiving this salary adjustment will be contacted directly by email.  Their direct supervisors and division heads will be contacted as well.

Please direct any questions to Sheryl Cullina, at 882-9166 or cullinas@missouri.edu.

Library Assembly Meeting, May 26

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Ellis Library Room 159
1:00 – 2:00 PM

Present:  Adrienne Arden, Wendy Batson, Jim Cogswell, Sheryl Cullina, Ruth Feldkamp, Tammy Green, Terri Hall, Dustin Hoffmann, Mike Holland, Suzanne Lippard, Ann Riley, Sandy Schiefer, Marcia Strong, Bette Stuart, & Deb Ward

  1. Discussion:
  • Guest Speaker – Sheryl Cullina

     

    • Funeral leave policy will be removed from the Libraries’ policy manual to coincide with the University’s policy
    • Other release time, like departmental training, is at the discretion of the supervisor
    • If there are questions, please contact Sheryl
  • New Officers for Library Assembly – Asked that the members please consider becoming the vice-chair/chair elect and the recorder.
  • MULSA

     

    • Election results are:

       

      • President – Ruthe Morse
      • Vice President/President Elect – Karla Geerlings
      • Secretary – Bette Stuart
      • Treasurer – Jack Batterson
      • Courtesy Chair – Gwen Gray
      • MUSE Editors – Ashley Granger & Corrie Hutchinson
      • Ellis Staff Lounge Chair – Colleen Smith
      • Social Chair – Karen Eubanks & Steve Clayton
      • Book Sale Co-Chairs – Noel Kopriva & Rachel Brekhus
      • Community Service Chair – Ivy Hui
    • Recent fund raisers brought in:

       

      • Bake sale $82.95
      • Auction $285.00
  1. Director Announcements:
  • Renew Mizzou

     

    • A very short meeting was held regarding the July moving out process
    • Chancellor will be the first in
    • Once out of Room 114, work will begin to convert it to study space

       

      • The spare room in Room 114 will be kept as a future meeting room
      • Orange shelving will be removed

         

        • Concern was expressed about the stress placed on unbound issues not laid flat
        • Other options will be researched
  • Sierra Migration

     

    • It is currently in process
    • Only one day down time is expected
  • Library Management Team

     

    • LMT will have a retreat June 10-12
    • Plans will be discussed about if the student fee passes or what if it does not
  • Student Library Fee

     

  • New Campus Fundraising Campaign

     

    • New billion dollar fund raising campaign will begin in October
    • Funds will be for endowments for positions, collections and facilities
  • Library Anniversary Celebration – Events will be coming up
  1. Departmental Reports:

Special Announcement–Active Threat Training will be held at HSL on June 18, 1:00 – 5:00 PM. Staff from all of the libraries are welcome. Please e-mail Gayle Mooney if you would like to attend.

From VET Library presented by Terri Hall:

Kate Anderson won the Dean’s Impact award.

For Memorial Day and summer, Sue Giger put together a fantastic Animals in the Military book display. We’ll be working on a LibGuide companion.

We’re helping CVM archive over 500 news stories that are currently on the CVM web page. CVM is migrating to a new web site and didn’t want to lose this content. Content will be available in MOspace.

From HSL presented by Terri Hall:

HSL was mentioned in May 17th’s Tribune in an article about artist and graduate student Kyle Bader. Kyle’s works were on display at HSL during the spring semester.

RAIS Announcements presented by Wendy Batson:

RAIS decided that one Library Assembly representative for the division is adequate, so Wendy Batson will be the current representative effectively replacing the two former positions (Branches – Wendy and Reference – Rachel) with one representative.

  • In April and May, forums were held for undergraduate and graduate students to promote the student fee.
  • A new plagiarism check service is now available through LibAnswers and Blackboard.  Graduate students can use TurnItIn to check their theses for plagiarism.
  • The Libraries are transitioning to a new E-reserve system in early June. 
  • Cindy Cotner, Dianne and Jeanette Pierce presented about Open Education Resources at the Celebration of Teaching conference.  Judy Maseles, Navadeep Khanal and Rachel Brekhus also did a panel presentation, and several people sought them out later to express how much they liked it. One professor said, “My mouth is watering!  I had no idea that the library had all those things and I can’t wait to use them!”
  • Interviews for the User Engagement Librarian are ongoing and all library staff members are encouraged to fill out evaluation forms about the candidates.  Even if you are unable to attend the open presentations, you can still review the application materials and fill out the evaluation form.

Digital Services Report presented by Adrienne Arden

Digital Services bade farewell to our Practicum student, Kristen, who has graduated.  Our good wishes for her future, and many thanks go with her for fine service.

We now have a new Practicum student whom we look forward to working with over this summer.

The Journalism Master’s Projects, and the English Honors Projects for spring 2015 have been processed into the MOspace Institutional Repository.  

1,400 Extension publications were submitted recently and are being processed into the Digital Library.

We are currently working on a variety of projects with Special Collections, Journalism, and Archives.

Congratulations to two of our employees who are working toward an MLIS: Tammie Busch for completing her 2nd semester, and Hannah Salings (GLA), for completing her 1st semester.

Information and Action Items from Library Management Team 6/09/15

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INFORMATION ITEM:  The executive officers of the MU Librarians and Archivists Council met with LMT to discuss the document entitled: MULAC Report to LMT – May 2015: Possible actions in response to student vote on library fee, November 2015.

Executive Officers are Rebecca Graves, Chair;  Sandy Schiefer, Vice-Chair/Chair Elect and Edward McCain, Recorder. 

Student Fee Working Group 6/9/15

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  1. Discussion of student fee activities for the fall

    1. Will include staff training, student ambassador training, open forums and more
    2. Once dates are finalized for these events, they will be shared with the library staff
  2. Discussion of campaign budget and fundraising update

    • Hopefully all of student fee campaign will be paid for by donor funds
    • $10,000 has already been raised, plan on raising $15,000 more
    • This money will pay for promotional materials, t-shirts, food, and videos
    • It was suggested that we make sure our student workers get t-shirts
  3. Discussion of student videos

    • Working with MSA Senate speaker, who is a member of campus improv troupe, and other members of improv troupe to create humorous videos to promote student fee
  4. Discussion of chancellor video

    • Chancellor Loftin has agreed to create video to promote the Libraries
    • We will work with Academic Support to create short video of the Chancellor speaking about the importance of adequate funding for the Libraries
  5. Cindy Cotner has agreed to serve as a student speaker coordinator. Library ambassadors and other students well speak in classrooms, clubs and Greek chapters. Cindy will track what is covered and what still needs to be covered.
  6. Bimal Balakrishnan, associate professor of architectural studies, spoke with the group about what he and his students can do to support the student fee. They can create architectural renderings to help show different options for what the space in Ellis Library could like if the fee is approved. He will meet with the group again next week to discuss this in more detail.
  7. Discussion of surveys/polling

    • Survey subgroup will look into timing of possible survey or poll in the fall